UKCrimeStats now updated for March 2012 – great weather, higher crime

We don’t hang around on UKCrimeStats – police.uk finally released the data on the 2nd May and we have updated our website now. There were 27,000 new locations – of which more later.

The main point is the clear seasonal impact of good weather for March 2012 – lots of sunshine, less rain and hotter temperatures – as is made clear in this brief BBC report. Usually, this leads to a rise in opportunities for crime and higher crime rates. So there’s a sizeable increase on February 2011. However, measured to the previous March in 2011 (with a subscription you can see all the data from December 2011), you’ll see a significant drop at a national level.